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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.24, I9I8.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July ii, ieee.

Application iiledv September 24, 1918. Serial No. 255,481.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERBERT L. ROBERTS, a subject of the King of England, residing at Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in autographic registers of the type in which a plurality of webs of paper containing printed forms, such as for sales slips, and longitudinally spaced pairs ofregistering perforations are periodically engaged by aligning pins to relatively register the superposed forms at the completion of each recording and feeding operation, so as to insure the detachment of slips of uniform length corresponding properly with the printed forms 'contained thereon.,

The main feature of the present invention comprises a novel form of manually operated registering and aligning device. The aligning device is preferably arranged to be actuated simultaneously with a feed release and a check severing device, sothat a single manual operation severs the duplicate checks, releases the grip of the feed devices and properly aligns the webs for the next recording operation. The'web feeding mechanism may be of any suitable form, but I prefer to employ a feed mechanismof the type that feeds a predetermined length of web which will feed from the machine the slips ofapproximately the required length and -place the succeeding web perforations within range of the registering and aligning pins which correct the inaccuracies of the feed after each operation.

In order that the invention may be fully understood it will first be described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the novel features afterwards pointed out more particularly in the annexed claims:

In said drawings,

F igure. 1 is a side elevation of an autographic registerembodying the present ine vention;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the same; Figure 3 is an end elevation of the delivery end of the machine', parts being shown in section;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main operative parts of the machine. For purposes of illustration the present invention is shown in the accompanying' drawings applied to a machine frame, having the same general structure as the machine of my application Serial No. 247,039, filed in the U. S. Patent Office July 27th, 1918, but it will be understood that these structural features are not essential to the present invention.

In'the embodiment of the present invention, shown in the accompanying drawings, the machine is built up upon the usual side frames land 2, connected by strengthening cross rods or tie bars, such as shown at 3 and by the operating parts hereinafter referred to. 5 is a table frame pivotally mounted at its rear end upon a rod 6, mounted in the upper edges of side frames 1 and 2 and formed with downwardly presented side flanges that snugly fit over the upper edges of the side frames 1 and 2 when the table is in lowered operative position. The rear end of the table is cut away and mounted in this cutaway portion are downwardly presented bracket flanges 14 and 15, formed means formoving the webs rearwardly over the table when the feed mechanism releases them for the purpose hereinafter explained. The number of idler rolls 20 depends upon the number of webs that are to be handled in the machine. The accompanying drawings show four such rolls.

The previously printed and properly perforated' webs or sheets are mounted in roll form as commonly practiced in this art. The rolls of prepared webs, lpreferably upon tubular spindles, such as is usually made. of paper board, are mounted between bearing cones arranged in pairs. Each pair of b earing cones comprises a stationary flanged head 25, mounted upon a rigid pin or lug, in one side frame and a movably mounted iianged head 26, mounted upon the inner end of a sliding rotating pin 27, extending through bearing 28 in the opposite s 1de frame and supporting an expansion spring 29 between the head 26 and the side frame for holding the head yieldingly in engagement with the tubular roll spindle. These spring pressed rotating bearings for the rolls cause the rolls to be pressed against the will be seen that the side edges of the superc posed webs of paper will be properly aligned.

Secured to the side flange of table 5 at the right,v is a suitably mounted support 40 fora roll of carbon s heets used in manifoldynow be described.

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ing in the well known way. The details of Vthis part of the construction are fully set forth in my above-named application;

is a flanged cover plate pivotally mounted upon the rod 6 and formed with down- Wardly presented side flanges adapted to fit .over the sideflange of table 5 at one side and the carbon roll support at the opposite side. This cover plate forms a top housing for the carbon sheets and a marginal housing for thesuperpo'sed webs of papers, the plate being centrally cut out as shown at 61 to expose the central zones of the successive register blanks of the topmost web.

Mounted between the side frames at their i forward or delivery ends is a .suitable frame consisting of side plates 75 'braced by suitable tie plates in which is mounted the lweb feeding and aligning mechanisms which will The upper feed lroller '80 is journaled in .the upright side members 75 just above the plane of the feed of the paper webs from the writing table. This upper roll 80 is formed with annular feed ribs or collars 81 a short Secured to the protecting journal' end of .roll'80 -is a driving pinion 85' Whichlis in constant mesh ywith a large gear 86 j ournaled upon a stub shaft 87 properly mounted in side, frame 2. -A large ratchet wheel 88 is journaled upony shaft 87 alongside of gear 86 t0 which it is rigidly secured at its hub.

90 is a crank disk freely journaled upon stub shaft 87 alongside ratchet wheel 88 and carrying an yoperating crank handle 91and a pawl or dog 92 which is held by a spring or other suitable device (not shown) in operative relation to the ratchet wheel 88 which it drives. gaged vadj acent to its hub by one end of a torsion spring 95 which isl coiled upon stub shaft 87 ,and rigidly held at its'opposite end by a collar or washer 96 clamped upon shaft 87 by nut 97. The spring 95 holds the crank disk in its retracted position and returns it to that position automatically after each feeding movement when the operator removes his lhand'from 'the crank. 93 is a vhousing for spring 95. 94 is a stop suitably mounted on the machine frame in position movement thereof.

The crank disk 90 is en- 100 is an angular stop arm clamped upon the end of stub shaft 87 between collar 96 and nut 97 and projecting into the path of crank 91 to limit the forward 'feed movement of crank disk 90. The arm 100 is adjustably mounted so as to provide a feed stroke of the desired length.

110is the lower feed roller freely jouinaled at itsends in la pivotally mounted carrying frame formed lof angular side plates 111 joined by an angular tie plate 112 and pivotally mounted upon frame plates 75 at 113. Tension springs 115 connect the downwardly presented arms of side plates 111 witha tie rod 116 extendin between main side frames 1' and 2. hese springs normally maintain lower feed roller 110 in yielding peripheral engagement with the feed collars 81 of the upper feed roller.

A lug 117 projects from the angular tie plate 112 near its middle to be engaged by the so as to rotate in unison,- the roller 110 being driven by the roller 80.

A transversely extending housing plate 12() extends overthe feed rollers 80 and 110 between side plates 75. Centrally mounted upon plate 120 is a rigid -angular bracket 125 formed with a vertical guide opening in line with a similar opening in andl freely mounted in said openlngs is a tubular stem 130 rigidly attached to and extending up 'froma combined clamp bar and cutter carrier 135 of U-Shaped cross section. This U-shaped bar 135 is arranged to reciprocate vertically between platesv 75 toward and away from the plane lof feed of the webs. Corner plates 136 guide the bar l135 at its ends. A cutter bar 140 (preferably formed with a serrated lower cutting edge) is freely mounted in the U-shaped bar 135 and is completely housed thereby. Cutter 140 is pivoted to Ibar 135 at one end 141 to afford an independent downward movement on bar 135 for the purpose presently eX- plained. A guide rod 142 is suitably attached to cutter bar 140 and extends therefrom up through the tubular bar 130 and has securedto its upper end a hand-pressure plate 145. Two concentric expansion coil springs, 150 and 151 are confined beneath hand plate 145. The inner spring 150 surrounds rod 142 and is confined between plate 145 and the upper end oftubular stem 130, thereby yieldingly holding cutter 140 in the housing pressure bar 135, and the spring 151 surrounds the upper end of stem 130 and is confined between plate 145 and bracket 125, for the purpose of yieldingly supporting pressure bar 135 and cutter bar 140 in raised position in the frame.

The tie plate 77 is preferably of angular v cross section having a horizontal web ar- Piate 120,l

Lezama 135 engages the paper webs aga-inst the hori. zontal portion of plate 77 in front and rear of the path of cutter 1110 to effectively hold 'the webs when the cut-off is made.

'Arranged beneath the path o-f paper webs between the tab-leplate 5 and feed rolls 80,

-' 110, are the aligning and registering meminstant that the register cones are moved up means actuated by said cutting device for into engagement with the perforations'of the bers 150 which have conical upper ends, and are spaced transversely to simultaneously engage the pairs' of openings inthe superposed webs extending over the table plate 5. The members 150 are mounted upon the upper ends of arms 151 of an up-right U-shaped rod or frame 152 loosely mounted in the, flanged guide plates 153 secured upontie rod 116.

155 is a. horizontallyr presented U-shaped rock arm freely journaled lupon rod 116 in the central longitudinal plane of the machine and formed in its rearwardly `presented arms with the horizontal slots 156. which engage t-he U-shaped rod 152.

A verticalrod 160 passes through and engages the lug 117 of the lower feed roller frame, andis formed with an angular lower end 161 which engages an opening in the U-'shaped rock arm 155. The rod 160 is for the purpose of simultaneously operating the ro-ller frame and the registering cones.

ln operation, it will be understood that the recording and manifolding are accomplished'l inthe well known manner. gThe stop arm 100 is set'to limit the feed of superposed website approximately the web length between two sets of register openings. When a record has been made the operator rotates the crank disk 90 until itsmovement is arrested b-y the stop arm, with the result that a certain length of the superposed webs will be fed through rollers 8O and 110 and will project beyond plate l7 7. Hand plate 145 is next pressed downwardly, clamping the superposed' webs in front and rear of the path of the knife, andx forcing cutter 140 through the webs to sever the projecting manifold slips or checks.l The cutter 140, Vmovin downwardly, engages and depresses rod 160 to cause lower feed roller to move away from the upper roller and free the webs at the superposed webs 'and cause them to be relatively shifted into' proper position. The take up rollers 20 above referred to `may be employed in the improved machine but `they are not essential to the present invention, which in its broadest sense comprehends the releaseof-the webs from the feed mechanismand the shifting of the freed webs into registered position bythe action of the registering members.

Further features of the invention include the simultaneous operation of the feed freeing and registering devices, the combination therewith of the check severing device; the combination of a predetermined web `length feed with the registering means; and the specific construction of the several mechanisms for laccomplishing the results described.

The improved machine is of simple and effective construction by which the slight errors in feed of each operation are automatically corrected at the completion of each operation so that all danger of an accumulating error is avoided.

I claim:

l. n a Amachine of the character described, the combination of a feed roll mounted in fixed bearings, a spring pressed 'frame pivotally mounted adjacent to said adapted to relatively shift superposed webs into registered position, and means for rockingJ said frame for simultaneously separating said feed rolls and actuating said registering means.

2. ln a machine` of the character described, the combination of suitable feeding means, conical registering members, a vertically movable U-shaped frame supporting said registering members, and means for actuating said frame.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination of suitable feeding means, conical registering members, al vertically movable U-shaped rod carrying said registering members, suitable guides in which said U-shaped rod operates, and means for operating said U-shaped rod.

4. ln a machine of the character described, the combination of suitabley feeding means, conicalregistering members, a vertically movable U-shaped frame supporting said registering members, a rock arm engaging said frame, and means for actuating said rock-arm.

5. ln a machine of the character described, the combination of suitable feedg ing means, conical registering members, a

adapted to engage and hold a web, a cutter bar carried by said pressure bar and movable relatively-thereto, a spring device yieldingly resisting relative movement between 'from the Web and actuating said registering means, and suitable operatingmeans.

8. In a machine of the character de- 15 scribed, the combination of suitable feed rolls, a ratchet drive mechanism suitably geared to said rolls, a rotary crank member carrying a dog which actuates said ratchet mechanism, and an adjustable stop limiting 20 the driving movement of said crank members.

HERBERT L. ROBERTS. 

